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Brazil announces incoming 2 million Covid vaccine doses from India amid supply concerns

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Oxford coronavirus vaccine was finally set to arrive in the country from India.The Covid-19 vaccine delivery comes as public health experts sound the alarm over insufficient supply in South America's biggest nation.The vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, will clear customs in Sao Paulo on Friday before being flown to Rio de Janeiro, where Brazil's state-run Fiocruz Institute is based, the ministry said.

Fiocruz has a partnership with AstraZeneca and Oxford for the vaccine's distribution and production.This would be a much-needed boost to Brazil's vaccination programme."The two million doses of AstraZeneca should arrive in Brazil Friday in the late afternoon," Brazil's ministry of health said in a statement.India.

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